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Ruder Finn has acquired Touchdown, a 65-member technology PR shop based in Austin.
Touchdown has offices in the UK, Netherlands, Germany, France and Australia.
RF CEO Kathy Bloomgarden said Touchdown’s “expertise in championing emerging enterprise technologies through expert storytelling will bring additional competitive edge to our global technology and innovation practice.”
Touchdown employees will continue to work under the firm’s brand.
James Carter, CEO, will report to Bloomgarden. He said RF’s core values centered around transparency, decency and honesty made the acquisition decision an easy one.
Ruder Finn ranked No. 8 in O’Dwyer’s technology rankings with fees of $21.2M.
Touchdown weighed in at No. 26 with $6.3M in fees.
Miami’s Newlink Group has acquired Italy’s EJ to strengthen its position in southern Europe, where it has offices in Madrid and Barcelona.
Hodges Partnership co-founders Jon Newman and Josh Dare are selling the Richmond-based firm to four senior VPs who will assume ownership of the shop over the next couple of years.
Interluxe Group, luxury experiential shop, and North & Warren digital-first media agency, have acquired Quinn, the strategic communications shop that services upscale brands.
H/Advisors Abernathy and FGS Global work Keurig Dr Pepper $18B deal to acquire coffee company JDE Peet's. The coffee brands will then be spun off as a separately traded public company.
Shamrock Capital has acquired Penta Group, stakeholder communications firm, from Falfurrias Management Partners.
